2019 World Athletics Championships, Anti-doping
Due to the re-analysis of samples taken from previous championships, 13 current and former athletes received their world championship medals during the championships. Marija Šestak received her triple jump bronze medal from the 2007 World Championships. Oleksiy Kasyanov, Antonietta Di Martino and Naide Gomes received their bronze medals from the 2009 World Championships. Habiba Ghribi received her 3000-meter steeplechase gold medal from the 2011 World Championships.


2019 World Athletics Championships, Anti-doping
Race walkers Jared Tallent and Kim Hyun-sub collected their silver and bronze medals respectively, whilst the 2019 world champion Gong Lijiao received her shot put bronze medal and javelin thrower Sunette Viljoen received her silver medal. 800 meter runners Janeth Jepkosgei and Alysia Montaño collected their silver and bronze medals. Montano also collected her bronze medal from the 2013 World Championships as her teammate Brenda Martinez collected the silver. Hammer thrower Anita Włodarczyk also collected her gold medal from the 2013 championships.


2019 World Athletics Championships, Media coverage
The IAAF agreed broadcasting agreements with 160 territories, with remaining areas receiving coverage direct from the IAAF via the organisation's official YouTube channel.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on 6 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres, Summary
Seventeen of twenty one starters were born in East Africa, a familiar situation for long distance events. Here the Kenyan team of Rhonex Kipruto and Rodgers Kwemoi took to the front to keep the pace honest with returning silver medalist Joshua Cheptegei, the heir apparent after the track retirement of Mo Farah, ever present at the front. By the 5,000 metre mark at 13:33.20 (27:07 pace), only 10 had fallen off the back.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres, Summary
Nine more laps, Cheptegei took over the point and only two more fell off the back, though Hagos Gebrhiwet, Yemaneberhan Crippa and Lopez Lomong were just hanging on and soon to go. Behind Cheptegei, the 19 year old Kipruto and the tall figure of the new indoor mile record holder Yomif Kejelcha looking like he was waiting to unleash that shorter distance speed. After Mohammed Ahmed fell off the back with 500 metres to go, the group was still five, single file, with Cheptegei driving the train.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres, Summary
Running through traffic at the bell, Kwemoi and Andamlak Belihu couldn't keep up and it looked like the medalsts were decided. Down the final backstretch, Kejelcha moved tight onto Cheptegei's shoulder then into a slight lead. The gap left Kipruto running for bronze. As they entered the final turn Cheptegei kept Kejelcha on his outside, while he ran the shorter distance along the rail. Coming off the turn, Cheptegei had the speed, separating slightly but continually from Kejelcha, growing to a 5 metre lead by the finish.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres, Qualification standard
Only 18 qualifiers did it in the period: Onesphore Nzikwinkunda (BDI) 28:11.90, Rodrigue Kwizéra (BDI), and Thierry Ndikumwenayo (BDI), were qualified during Cross Country Championships (top finishing position at designated competitions – automatically qualifies, irrespective of whether his performance has reached the Entry Standard). Soufiane Bouchikhi and Yeman Crippa were invited to complete the event for Ranking.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on 27 to 28 September 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Summary
The semi-finals were dominated by world leader Christian Coleman, who was allowed to compete despite missing three doping tests in the year due to a technicality, and blasted a 9.88 while no other qualifiers broke 10. The last time qualifier, Filippo Tortu, made the final by .001, running 10.101 over Tyquendo Tracey's 10.102, while Aaron Brown got in by placing second behind Coleman in heat 1 with 10.12.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Summary
In the final, defending champion Justin Gatlin got a good start to gain a step on the field, except Coleman got a better start, gaining that step on Gatlin. Unlike 2017, Coleman did not give ground back, extending his lead to a dominating victory in 9.76. A new personal best, world leading time for the season, that becomes the #6 time in history, just 2 ticks behind Gatlin's best. Returning to form, Andre De Grasse closed and nearly caught Gatlin at the line in 9.90, a new wind legal personal best, though he has run as fast as 9.69 wind aided.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Summary
At 37 years old, the world M35 record holder over 100m Justin Gatlin became the oldest athlete to ever medal in 100m in the World Championships history.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Preliminary round
The first  athlete in each heat ( Q ) and the next five fastest ( q ) qualified for the first round proper. The overall results were as follows:Wind: P1:+0.1, P2:+0.4, P3:+0.3, P4:+0.0


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Heats
The first 3 in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:Wind: H1:-0.3, H2:-0.8, H3:-0.8, H4:-0.3, H5:-0.3, H6:+0.1


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Semi-finals
The first 2 in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. Wind: S1:-0.3, S2:-0.3, S3:+0.8


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Results, Final
The final was started on 28 September at 22:15. Wind: +0.6


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 30 September to 2 October.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Summary
Five athletes returned from the 2017 final, the defending champion and Olympic champion Omar McLeod, silver medalist Sergey Shubenkov, Olympic silver medalist Orlando Ortega, Devon Allen and Shane Brathwaite, added as a 9th finalist after he was interfered with in the semi finals when Ronald Levy drifted out of his lane.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Summary
In the final, McLeod and American collegian Grant Holloway got out even, but by the second hurdle, Holloway was edging ahead with Ortega the next behind. Holloway was gaining a little on every hurdle, and by the fourth, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde was even with Ortega. As Holloway's lead extended, McLeod pressed. McLeod rattled the eighth hurdle. Ortega again was slightly ahead of Martinot-Lagarde, but Shubenkov was also there moving fast on the outside. McLeod hit the 9th with his foot flat, losing his balance while running at full speed.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Summary
He popped up trying to get over the final barrier, bumping Ortega to his right as he failed, crashing to the track. Holloway won by a metre with Shubenkov beating Martinot-Lagarde to the line. After the bump, Ortega managed to stay upright, crossing the line in fifth, his arms outstretched as if asking what could be done after he was interfered with.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Summary
Holloway continued celebrating all the way through the first turn and half way down the backstretch before dramatically flopping to the track on his back. McLeod was disqualified for interference. After the race, Spain filed a protest and Ortega was awarded a second bronze medal.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
The first four in each heat (Q) and the next four fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Semi-finals
The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualify for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 3 to 6 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Summary
In modern history, championship races are slow strategic affairs where fast athletes are unwilling to sacrifice their medals by running a fast pace. Fast races happen in more controlled environments with planned pace setters at major European meets.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Summary
Timothy Cheruiyot didn't get the memo. From the gun, Cheruiyot and his Kenyan teammate Ronald Kwemoi went out hard, breaking away by 2 metres in the first 200. The guys who usually drop to the back realized this was serious and started scrambling to the front. Olympic gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz Jr. and silver medalist Taoufik Makhloufi formed a chase group 5 metres back, Jakob Ingebrigtsen leading the peloton another 5 metres back. Over the next lap, the chasers fell back to the peloton, the breakaway now 10 metres.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Summary
Cheruiyot kept up the pressure, over the next half lap, Kwemoi fell off his back. By the bell, Kwemoi was back to the peloton, again led by Makhloufi. The next on the front were Ingebrigtsen and Josh Kerr. It appeared a more mature 23 year old Cheruiyot had learned from his fast early pace at the 2015 World Relays where he fell apart on the last lap. Here, there was no sign of letting up.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Summary
Down the backstretch, coming from 9th place, Marcin Lewandowski ran around the outside of the pack, hitting Makhloufi's shoulder by the beginning of the final turn. The other competitors were already fully extended and couldn't make any dramatic moves. Cheruiyot crossed the finish line 17 metres ahead of Makhloufi. Lewandowski was able to stay a metre behind Makhloufi, trying to nudge ahead in vain at the finish line. The others fell off the back with only Ingebrigtsen remaining two metres behind Lewandowski and Jake Wightman yet another metre back.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Summary
While 3:29.26 was "only" the 57th best performance ever, it was the third fastest Olympic or World Championship performance, only bettered by the 1999 championships when the number 2 miler ever, Noah Ngeny chased world record holder Hicham El Guerrouj to the championship record, and unlike that race, this was done off the front, solo.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 3:36.00 or 3:53.10 for the mile.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
The first six in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Semi-finals
The first five in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk
The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 4 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 20 kilometres walk, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 29 September to 1 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Summary
Out of the blocks in the final, Adam Gemili took a slight lead through the turn with Andre De Grasse then Noah Lyles giving up as much as a meter. Coming off the turn, Lyles accelerated past Gemili. Once Lyles hit his top end speed, there was no catching him. Behind him, Álex Quiñónez was gaining on De Grasse and both were edging closer to Gemili. 20 metres out, both went by. Lyles won by 2 metres, De Grasse held off Quiñónez for silver.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Summary
Lyles' victory capped an evening of 3 men's gold medals for USA also including Sam Kendricks in the pole vault and Donavan Brazier in the 800 metres.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
The first three in each heat (Q) and the next three fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s, Heat 3: +0.8 m/s, Heat 4: +0.7 m/s, Heat 5: +1.0 m/s, Heat 6: +0.9 m/s, Heat 7: +0.2 m/s


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semi-finals
The first 2 in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semi-finals
Wind:Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 1 to 4 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Summary
Kenya considers the steeplechase to be their national sport. With defending champion Conseslus Kipruto, they qualified four to the final. the USA, with two Kenyan ex-pats and Ethiopia, also qualified all three of their entrants. This was only the second major championship since 2007 without perennial medalist Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad. Kipruto almost didn't make it. A stress fracture in April would sideline him for months, but he builds a primitive swimming pool at his home in Mosoriot Kenya to do aqua training until he could run again.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Summary
While they are a neighboring long-distance running rival, Ethiopia does not have the same successful track record in the steeplechase, but was encouraged by Getnet Wale winning the 2019 IAAF Diamond League. Here the Ethiopians took to the lead. Chala Beyo took the point first with Wale ,and Kipruto pushing the pace out front. After two laps, Wale took over. Beyo would not finish. Starting slower, Lamecha Girma ran in the middle of the pack for a while before moving forward to take over leading duties for the team.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Summary
The fast pace dropped off many of the runners, the lead pack dwindling to the entire Kenyan team, Hillary Bor, Djilali Bedrani, returning silver medalist Soufiane El Bakkali, Wale and Girma. With two laps to go, Kipruto moved out to the lead and looked around for his teammates to join him, but help did not come forward. Instead, Wale moved ahead again and El Bakkali planted himself on Kipruto's shoulder. As the pace increased, the other three Kenyan's fell off the back of the pack. Bedrani and Bor were the next to go.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Summary
It was a four-man group at the bell with Girma on the tail end. Through the penultimate turn, El Bakkali took the lead. For most of the last decade, the steeplechase was decided by a devastating move off the first barrier on the backstretch, usually by Ezekiel Kemboi. It is where Kipruto won the race in 2017 and the Olympics in 2016. Here, coming off the barrier, Kipruto gained a couple of feet on Wale but El Bakkali remained in command. Instead, Girma ran around the group and into the lead.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Summary
Kipruto tried to react, passing El Bakkali over the water jump. Wale had no answer for the speed and the medalists were decided. Going into the final barrier, Girma opened up two metres on Kipruto. Coming off the barrier, Kipruto launched into a sprint gaining slightly on Girma. Desperately looking for the finish Girma dipped a little early, Kipruto dipped like a seasoned professional hurdler. In the photo finish, Kipruto took the gold by .01. 18-year-old Girma got the consolation prize of the Ethiopian national record that 19-year-old Wale had improved twice already in 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats
The first three in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 4 to 5 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Summary, Background
Defending champion Great Britain was back with two members of their winning team, taking the qualifying heats with a world leading time. South Africa set the African continental record as they qualified winning the other heat. In a familiar situation, despite having the gold and silver medalists on their team, USA struggled with their handoff, completing their handoff at the end of the third zone and missing disqualification by inches or a favorable judge's decision. USA was the slowest qualifier into the final, just .08 ahead of Italy setting their national record in the adjacent lane.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Summary, Background
Because of the poor qualification position, USA drew lane 8. Instead of a substitute anchor runner, they went with their "A" team, putting in 200 meter champion Noah Lyles. Lyles spent the 2019 season coming back after slow starts, essentially demonstrating his superior top end speed. In a relay with a rolling start, his slow starts are negated. USA put the fastest starter, now the fastest man in the world, Christian Coleman in the blocks running against GBR's fastest turn runner Adam Gemili.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Summary, Race
Coleman did his part, gaining rapidly on China's best starter Su Bingtian to his outside. With a smooth handoff, as Justin Gatlin took his first step, he was ahead of China meaning USA would have no traffic interference for the rest of the race. One lane inside of Coleman, Gemili also did his job, keeping GBR close. Shuhei Tada for Japan also gained on World Relays champion Brazil.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Summary, Race
On the second leg, Gatlin separated from Xu Zhouzheng and Zharnel Hughes also lost a little to the Olympic champion, but USA was right where GBR could watch them. Mike Rodgers had to hesitate to get the baton from Gatlin, but with USA's history, there was no disaster. GBR's handoff was also hesitant, with Richard Kilty having to decelerate to not run out of the handoff zone, but Japan passed quickly to former junior world record holder Yoshihide Kiryū to keep them close.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Summary, Race
Through the turn, Rodgers separated from Kilty, Kiryū also gained with Japan passing in second place and South Africa was pulling close to Brazil to create a traffic jam. USA handed off cleanly to Lyles, as if they had practiced the handoff in advance. Japan handed off to their national record holder Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, GBR handed off to Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, South Africa gave it to #6 on the season Akani Simbine and Brazil had Paulo André de Oliveira. And they were off to the races.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Summary, Race
With a metre and a half advantage, Lyles expanded it to three metres by the finish. Lyles crossed the line holding the baton in the air in victory. Mitchell-Blake gained slightly to battle Brown for the medals, taking silver by a half a metre. Behind them de Oliveira came back on Simbine to nip South Africa at the line.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Summary, Race
USA's 37.10 tied Jamaica's rescinded Usain Bolt/Asafa Powell powered 2008 Olympic team for the third fastest ever and the American record. Great Britain's 37.36 tied two more Bolt led Jamaican World Championship teams from 2013 and 2015 for the sixth best ever and the European record. Japan's 37.43 moved them into #14 in history, #4 as a country and the Asian record. And Brazil moved to become the #8 country, just behind South Africa's now #7 place from their faster race the trials and set the South American record improving on the one they tied in the trials. In all four continental records and nine national records among the 16 team event.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Records
The following records were matched or set at the competition:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
The first three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 5 to 6 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
Colombia set a new national record in the qualifying round.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
In the final event of these championships, USA was able to cast three fresh athletes into the final, with the only holdover Wilbert London. They led off with their bronze medalist Fred Kerley, but the early leader was Jamaica's Akeem Bloomfield, with Belgium's Jonathan Sacoor also in the mix. Down the home stretch, Kerley pulled back ground as Bloomfield slowed, by the handoff, USA had a step on Jamaica. Michael Cherry expanded USA's advantage over Jamaica's Nathon Allen through the turn to take 3 metres at the break.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
Behind him, Colombia's Diego Palomeque also ran a strong turn to pip Belgium's Robin Vanderbemden for third place. Through the final turn, Allen pulled in a metre on Cherry. While losing ground to the leaders, Trinidad and Tobago's Jereem Richards brought them into a 3-way battle for bronze. Onto the home stretch, Allen started losing ground to Cherry, sliding back toward the battle. With five metres, Cherry handed off to London, wearing a white sweatband on his head.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
In early strategy sessions, USA probably planned on their new superstar who wears a similar sweatband, Michael Norman, anchoring, but had to rearrange after Norman shut it down during his 400 semi-final. Jamaica's Terry Thomas took off after London, gaining strongly on the backstretch to shadow London through the final turn. Thomas set himself up to pounce coming off the turn, instead London slowly began widening the gap, getting the lead back to 4 metres before he named off to Norman's training partner, hurdler Rai Benjamin.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
Behind London and Thomas, Belgium's Dylan Borlée put an early gap on Colombia's Jhon Solís and was now free by 3 metres at the handoff to his brother Kevin Borlée. Benjamin slowly expanded his lead on Jamaica's Demish Gaye, by the finish it was 11 metres. Another 12 metres behind Jamaica, Borlée was able to hold off Colombia's new find, silver medalist Anthony Zambrano for bronze.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
USA's 2:56.69 was the fastest relay in 11 years, number 11 on the all time list. 8 of the 10 times ahead of them are also USA teams. Colombia set a new national record again in the final, a second and a half improvement, going under 3 minutes for the first time and moving their country into #15 on the all time list.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Records
The following records were matched or set at the competition:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
The first three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on 1, 2 and 4 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres, Summary
Kirani James had the pedigree, a World Championship and an Olympic gold medal. But those were back in 2011 and 2012. He finished second behind Wayde van Niekerk's world record at the last Olympics. van Niekerk couldn't be here because he ruined his knee in a celebrity rugby game and James was battling Graves' disease, the same ailment that affected Gail Devers.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres, Summary
With a faster personal best, American champion Fred Kerley had been anticipated as USA's next golden boy until Michael Norman came on the scene with a relaxed, early season personal best that only equalled the #4 time in history. But Norman took himself out of the final, jogging home the second half of his semi-final. The other sub-44 qualifiers were Steven Gardiner, who had run his on this track in May and Akeem Bloomfield, who was the last time qualifier to get in. Gardiner led the qualifying, while Anthony Zambrano had to set a Colombian national record to get in.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres, Summary
In the final, James went out hard, passing Zambrano to his outside as they entered the backstretch. Inside of James, Machel Cedenio, James, Gardiner and Demish Gaye were running true to the stagger. James held that lead until midway through the final turn when he began to fade back as Gardiner was emerging slightly ahead. Coming onto the home straight, Gardiner held a 2 metre lead over James and Kerley, with Cedenio just slightly behind them. A further 2 metres back was Zambrano and Gaye. Down the stretch, Gardiner widened his lead, with Kerley the next best to chase. From far back, Zambrano was in another gear, speeding past Cedenio, James and a metre before the line, Kerley.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres, Summary
Gardiner's big win in 43.48 is the #6 time in history. Zambrano's 44.15 set the South American record, beating Sanderlei Parrela's record from the World Championships 20 years earlier.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats
The first three in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) qualified for the semifinal.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Semi-finals
The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 27 to 30 September 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Summary
Coming into these Championships, only four men had ever run under 47 seconds. While world record holder Kevin Young never officially retired, now at 53 he's largely been a spectator for a couple of decades. The other three have accomplished the feat in less than a year, two this season in the same race. And all three were in Doha setting up a highly anticipated confrontation.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Summary
It took 48.93 to make the final. Abdelmalik Lahoulou set the Algerian national record and Alison dos Santos a personal best to get there.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Summary
In the final, Rai Benjamin in lane 7 appeared to get a better start, making up the stagger on Lahoulou to his outside, but that may have been deceptive. Down the backstretch, defending champion Karsten Warholm started to take charge. All alone in lane 9, the third of the big 3 Abderrahman Samba, was getting passed by. Through the turn, Warholm held his advantage over Benjamin which revealed to be a full stride coming off the turn. Kyron McMaster looked to be in third place. Benjamin made a run at Warholm down the stretch but stretched for the final hurdle, landing awkwardly and losing momentum and his last opportunity to try to catch Warholm. In front of a home crowd, Samba was able to get past McMaster to take the bronze.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semi-finals.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Semi-finals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the Final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk
The men's 50 kilometres walk  at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held in Doha, Qatar, on 28–29 September 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk, Summary
This race marked the eleventh world championships for João Vieira, tying his contemporary teammate Susana Feitor for the second most. Feitor was only 16 at her first appearance, Vieira was 23 at his.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk, Summary
Based on the previous evening's marathon, the desert heat was going to affect the outcome. This race too started at midnight in order to avoid the heat of the day in Doha, that would mean temperatures hovered around 32°C 90°F throughout the race. Most walkers were wary of starting too fast, only 20K world record holder Yusuke Suzuki went out fast, opening up a gap just a few minutes into the race.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk, Summary
By 5K he had a 10 second lead over a chase pack of only four others, including the world record holder and defending champion Yohann Diniz and Olympic champion Matej Tóth, the rest of the field was 37 seconds or more back. As they were approaching 10K, Diniz decided the man who had taken his 20K world record was too serious a challenger to his title and bridged the ever growing gap. That extra effort didn't last too long before Diniz was sliding back through the field. Diniz eventually dropped out.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk, Summary
By 15K, Suzuki had 45 seconds over Tóth and Isaac Palma, the rest of the peloton almost 1:20 back. At 20K, he had over 2 minutes as Tóth and Palma dropped back. Neither would finish. At the half way point, Suzuki had over 3 minutes against new leaders of the chase pack.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk, Summary
Luo Yadong and Niu Wenbin teamed up to try to bridge the gap, Luo getting barely under 3 minutes back by 30K, but by 35K Suzuki had opened up 3:34. As Luo dropped back through the field, the next racer behind Niu was Vieira, still over 4:30 back with 10K to go. Suzuki first showed signs of cracking, stopping at the water station at 44K before getting back on stride.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk, Summary
At that point he still had two minutes on Niu, an additional minute on Vieira with the next chaser Evan Dunfee another minute back, now ahead of Luo. Niu had his second red card and was on the edge of disqualification. He couldn't push. One 2K lap later, Suzuki stopped again at the water station and again one lap later. Still with a huge lead, Suzuki struggled through the final lap while Vieira and Dunfee were applying the pressure. Both passed Niu, with Dunfee closing down his gap to Vieira. Suzuki got across the finish line first, only 39 seconds ahead of Vieira, who held off Dunfee by only 3 seconds.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk, Summary
At age 43, Vieira became the oldest medalist. Suzuki's winning time of 4:04:20 was the slowest winning time in the event's history dating back to 1976 by almost 10 minutes. Of 46 starters, 14 dropped out and an additional four were disqualified. 35 minutes after the last competitor crossed the line, it was sunrise in Doha.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 27 to 30 September 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres, Summary
The semi-final heats were held on Friday, in which all three Ethiopian athletes qualified for the final. All three Norwegian athletes also qualified, after European Champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen successfully appealed a disqualification for stepping past the curb of the track during his heat. In the first heat, Aruba's Jonathan Busby was struggling to finish the distance. Braima Suncar Dabó of Guinea-Bissau, who had already finished the race, returned to help his fellow competitor over the finish line, winning applause from the crowd and a nomination for the International Fair Play Award.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres, Summary
During the final, the Ethiopians employed effective team tactics by taking early control of the race, setting a strong pace, and switching leaders once every two laps. Defending Champion Muktar Edris darted out to the front, with his teammates Selemon Barega and Telahun Haile Bekele following closely. Olympic silver medalist Paul Chelimo and his teammate Hassan Mead of the U.S. stayed close as well, along with Canadian-record holder Mohammed Ahmed, Kenyans Jacob Krop and Nicholas Kimeli, and Bahraini athlete Birhanu Balew. Initially, the Ingebrigsten brothers stayed towards the rear of the leading group, and even briefly lost contact with the front - presumably to conserve energy until the swift early pace had settled down.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres, Summary
The Ethiopian team aggressively defended their lead throughout the first 4000m of the race and switched leaders once every 800 meters like clockwork. Edris took the lead for the first two laps, running the first lap in a quick 61.5 seconds, and a slower second lap of 65.9 seconds. At 800 meters, his teammate Bekele took over the lead and increased the pace. At 1600m, Barega went to the front and continued pushing the fast pace that his teammates had set. After 2400m, Bekele took the lead again.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres, Summary
The pace began to decrease slightly, despite that it was still quick enough for Bekele to bring the pack through 3 kilometers in 7:53.0. This allowed the Ingebrigsten brothers to catch up to the leading group and start moving up through the pack. Chelimo (and briefly, Filip Ingebrigtsen) led for less than one lap, before Barega recaptured the lead around 3400m. The fast pace was continuing to slightly decrease as Barega led the pack for one more lap. With three laps to go, and as the pace slowed, Ahmed moved to the front and tried make a long run for the finish line.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres, Summary
The final kilometer of the race was extremely hectic. The athletes were positioned far too close to each other, considering how quickly and aggressively they were running. For the next two laps, the athletes consistently bumped into one another, clipped each other's heels, and lost their balance - with some competitors pushing and almost falling over each other. Between 1000 and 600 meters remaining, Ahmed attempted to escape the chaos by injecting a brutal 59.9 second lap. The other athletes, however, were unrelenting and stuck to Ahmed like glue.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres, Summary
Ahmed visibly threw his arms up in frustration after the other athletes continued to clip his heels and prevent him from running the inside line despite his vicious sub-60 lap. Heavily affected by the fast pace and physical contact with other athletes, Filip dropped out with 550m remaining, which left Jakob as the remaining Ingebrigsten sibling in contention for a medal. As Jakob chased Ahmed on the penultimate straightaway, he clipped Ahmed's heels once more, causing Ahmed to almost trip and fall.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres, Summary
On the final lap, Jakob Ingebrigsten made an early, aggressive (and consequently, fatal) move to the front. As he asserted his 1500m footspeed, Chelimo attempted to stay with him. Ahmed, Barega, and Edris were all wise to this error, and did not challenge Jakob as aggressively as Chelimo did. Barega and Edris passed Ahmed as they began winding up their pace in preparation for their final attack. As Jakob and Chelimo began running out of steam off of the final bend, Barega passed them first, with Edris coming wide on the outside.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres, Summary
Edris sprinted past Barega to defend his title, with a final lap of 55 seconds. Ahmed and Bekele passed Ingebrigsten and Chelimo for the third and fourth place, respectively. Evidently suffering from his early move, Jakob Ingebrigtsen was slowing rapidly, and dove at the finish line for a very close fifth place. He then laid on the track, looking visibly exhausted.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advanced to the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 28 September to 1 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres, Summary
After the semi-finals, it was no surprise when front runner Wesley Vázquez went to the front of the final. Donavan Brazier and Marco Arop took the front of the line to follow his pace. 23.51 for the first 200 metres is fast. Down the first home stretch the rest of the field back off the fast pace, but Brazier stuck right behind Vázquez through a 48.96 first lap. The real surprise was noted kicker Amel Tuka was at the front of the chase pack, separating through the penultimate turn in chase of the leaders.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres, Summary
When they hit the backstretch, Brazier went around Vázquez, who was showing the signs of the strain. By 600 metres in 1:15.16, Brazier had two metres on Vázquez, who had two metres on Tuka. Through the final turn, Brazier held the same gap on Tuka, but Vázquez faded. Ferguson Rotich was the next contender, three metres back, the rest of the chasers another six metres behind him. Down the stretch, Brazier was straining, pumping his arms, but Tuka's famed kick was not making up any ground. 40 metres out, Rotich passed Vázquez, but from far off the pace, Bryce Hoppel was gaining fast. Brazier crossed the line and raised his arms in celebration. Tuka held off Rotich who beat the fast moving Hoppel.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres, Summary
Brazier's winning time of 1:42.34 was the championship record, North American Continental record and moved him to =#9 on the all time list.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats
The first 3 in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Semi-finals
The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 2 to 4 October.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon
Because of the timetable, with the last competition finishing after midnight local time on 4 October, the technical rules of decathlon were modified: since this edition, the decathlon has to be completed in a period of two 24 hours rather than over two consecutive days as before.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 8200 points.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, Results, 100 metres
The 100 metres event started on 2 October at 16:35.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, Results, Long jump
The long jump event started on 2 October at 17:30.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, Results, Shot put
The shot put event started on 2 October at 18:50.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, Results, High jump
The high jump event started on 2 October at 18:50.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, Results, 400 metres
The 400 metres event started on 2 October at 18:50.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, Results, 110 metres hurdles
The 110 metres hurdles event started on 3 October at 16:35.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, Results, Discus throw
The discus throw event started on 3 October at 17:30.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, Results, Pole vault
The pole vault event started on 3 October at 19:05.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, Results, Javelin throw
The javelin throw event started on 3 October at 22:07.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, Results, 1500 metres
The 1500 metres event started on 4 October at 00:32.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 28 to 30 September 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw, Summary
Coming in to these championships, Daniel Ståhl dominated the season both with the best throw and the best group of throws. A full metre behind him was Fedrick Dacres and Lukas Weißhaidinger was a further two and a half metres behind him. That form held true in the qualifying round as Ståhl was the only automatic qualifier.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw, Summary
As the first thrower, Ståhl set the early standard with a 66.59m. Near the end of the round, Weißhaidinger answered with a 66.74m to take the first round lead. Starting the second round, Ståhl answered back with a 67.18m. Three throws later, Dacres joined the battle with a 66.94m, but that would turn out to be his best of the day. Three throws later Apostolos Parellis joined the 66 metre crowd for the first time adding 63 cm to his national record. The third round saw Ståhl lead off with the winner 67.59 m (221 ft 9 in). Later Weißhaidinger improved his standing to 66.82m. And the last thrower Alin Firfirică displaced Parellis with a 66.46m. With three more rounds in the competition, none of the leaders would improve their position. The podium matched the three world leaders.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw, Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 65.00 m.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 65.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 1 to 2 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw, Summary
The finals opened with all but two already over 74 metres, three throwers over 76 metres, Eivind Henriksen, Wojciech Nowicki and Quentin Bigot; Bence Halász at 78.18m and Pawel Fajdek at 79.34m all in the first round. The second round saw the rest of the field over 74, Bigot solidifying his hold on third with a 78.06m and Fajdek improving to 80.16m. In the third, Henriksen challenged the podium with a 77.38m. It took exactly 76 metres just to get three more throws.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw, Summary
In the fourth round Nowicki upped his challenge to 77.42m, Bigot edged into silver position with a 78.19m and then Fajdek landed the winner 80.50 m (264 ft 1 in). In the fifth round, Mykhaylo Kokhan threw a personal best 77.39m, then in the final frame, Nowicki dropped his best of 77.69m, originally not enough to get onto the podium.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw, Summary
However, after the competition, the Polish delegation protested the officials call on Halász in the first round, claiming his stepping outside of the circle, a foul, being missed. On further review, IAAF decided the officials acted improperly but the early call affected the rest of way Halász performed in the competition. Nowicki was awarded an additional bronze medal.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 76.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 1 to 4 October.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's high jump, Summary
When Qatari officials put together the bid to host these championships, Doha born Mutaz Essa Barshim was a 23 year old already with a World Junior Championship, Olympic bronze and World Championship silver to his name. Qatari officials could see the potential. This was the day they were waiting for, when a now 28 year old was jumping at home. Now there was a bonus, he was defending champion.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's high jump, Summary
The finals pared down to 7 over 2.30m. At 2.33m, Mikhail Akimenko got over on his first attempt to maintain a clean round and Maksim Nedasekau also was over on his first attempt. Shudder, Barshim, who had a clean series going so far, missed along with five others (veteran Gianmarco Tamberi saved attempts after missing 2.30m once). On the second attempt, everyone missed again. Tamberi eliminated, that trend started the third round of attempts as Luis Zayas and Michael Mason missed and were eliminated. Then it was Barshim's last attempt. He got over it and sighs of relief could be heard all over Qatar. Next up, Brandon Starc missed, then Ilya Ivanyuk also made it to leave four over 2.33m, with Akimenko holding the advantage.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's high jump, Summary
Moving up to 2.35m, Nedasekau missed, then Barshim, Akimenko and Ivanyuk all made it on their first attempts. Akimenko still had a clean series. With three earlier misses, vs two each for Barshim and Ivanyuk, Nedasekau could see he was off the podium and passed. At 2.37 m (7 ft 9+1⁄4 in), Nedasekau missed. Next up, on his first attempt, Barshim made it, and no else was able to clear the height.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's high jump, Qualification standard
The standard to automatically qualify for entry was 2.30 m. for a quota number of 32 athletes.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's high jump, Qualification standard
Only 24 high jumpers reached 2.30 m during the qualification period (2018-2019), indoors and outdoors. The final entries were made by completing to 31 athletes, including the defending world champion Mutaz Essa Barshim (wild card, only 2.27 m before the competition) and 1 Best country athlete, Lee Hup Wei.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's high jump, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's high jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 2.31 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 5 and 6 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw, Summary
The automatic qualification to the final was 84.00 metres. One and done, on his first throw Johannes Vetter beat that by over 5 metres with an 89.35m. In the second group, world leader Magnus Kirt took two attempts to make his mark of 88.36m. Either of those throws would have won the final easily.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw, Summary
In the final, only four men got over 80 metres in the first round, Anderson Peters took the lead with 86.69 m (284 ft 4 3⁄4 in). In the second round, Vetter and Kirt got respectable marks with 85.37m and 86.21m respectively. From that point, nobody would improve. Fourth place Lassi Etelätalo was almost 3 metres off the podium. In the fourth round, Peters duplicated his winning first round throw with another 86.69m. #8 in the world rankings coming in, Peters took gold.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 84.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 27 to 28 September 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's long jump, Summary
The last qualifier to the final was Tajay Gayle with a 7.89m. In the final, as the third jumper on the runway, Gayle jumped a personal best 8.46m to take the lead. No other jumper would beat that mark. World leader Juan Miguel Echevarría jumped 8.25m while giving up the entire 20cm width of the board. His jump was bettered by Jeff Henderson with an 8.28m three jumpers later. In the third round, Echevarría improved to 8.34m. And three jumpers later, Henderson improved to 8.39m. That decided the other medalists.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's long jump, Summary
In the fourth round, Gayle improved to 8.69 m (28 ft 6 in) +0.5. Not only did it win the competition, it leapfrogged him into the #11 position of all time. Just two months earlier in the season, Gayle had made a huge improvement in his personal best to 8.32m, which put him into a tie for #15 of all time.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's long jump, Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 8.17 m.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's long jump, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's long jump, Results, Qualification
The qualification round will take place on 27 September, in two groups, both starting at 16:30. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 8.15 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) will qualify for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's marathon
The men's marathon was one of the road events at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Due to the heat in Doha, the race was scheduled to begin at 23:59 on 5 October 2019. Even with the unusual timing, high temperatures were expected to provide difficult conditions for running, but in the end temperatures dropped to around 29 °C (84 °F) and 50% humidity. The race was won by Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia in 2 h 10 min 40 s, followed four seconds behind by his compatriot Mosinet Geremew. Amos Kipruto of Kenya was third in 2:10:51.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's marathon
The marathon was held on Doha Corniche, and consisted of six laps of a roughly 7-kilometre (4.3 mi) floodlit course. Derlis Ayala of Paraguay broke away from the start, and led the race until he was caught by a pack consisting of Desisa, Geremew, Geoffrey Kirui, Kipruto, Stephen Mokoka and Zersenay Tadese just before the halfway mark. Mokoka and Tadese attempted to speed away from the pack a few times, but were caught on each occasion.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's marathon
After 30 kilometres (19 mi), the pack began to splinter, and after Kirui and Tadese had dropped back, Callum Hawkins joined the leading group at the 40-kilometre (25 mi) point. Desisa gradually increased the pace from that stage, culminating in a sprint finish to win the race. All the top ten finishers qualified automatically for the 2020 Summer Olympics.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's marathon, Qualification
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF, now World Athletics) announced the qualifying criteria for the 2019 World Athletics Championships in December 2018. For the men's marathon, the entry standard was 2:16:00, three minutes quicker than had been required for the 2017 marathon. Alternatively, a top-10 finish at an IAAF Gold Label marathon, or a wild card entry as the reigning world champion would ensure qualification. Entry criteria had to be met during the qualification period: 7 March 2018 to 6 September 2019, inclusive.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's marathon, Preview
Due to the hot conditions in Doha, the World Championships were scheduled in October, rather than the traditional August, and instead of holding the marathon during the day, it started just before midnight local time to minimise the impact that the heat would have on the race, making it the first-ever World Championships to feature night marathons; first the women's on 27 September, and then the men's on 5 October.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's marathon, Preview
Despite these changes, the temperature was expected to be a key factor in the race: temperatures were predicted to be around 30 °C (86 °F), with humidity levels above 80 per cent. In mitigation, the IAAF added extra water stations and medical staff along the route, as well as more ice baths at the finish. The course consisted of six laps of a floodlit roughly 7-kilometre (4.3 mi) course along the Doha Corniche, a waterfront promenade on Doha Bay. The loop started in front of the Amiri Diwan, and stretched to the Sheraton Hotel.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's marathon, Preview
Eliud Kipchoge, the world record holder and Olympic champion for the marathon, did not take part in the World Championships as he was preparing for the Ineos 1:59 Challenge. Sean Ingle of The Guardian said that "most of the world's top marathon runners" were not taking part. Steve Smythe of Athletics Weekly concurred and said that with so many good runners missing, it was hard to predict who might win. He suggested Mosinet Geremew and Mule Wasihun of Ethiopia as contenders, along with the reigning World Champion, Geoffrey Kirui, though he noted that Kirui was out of form. In his preview for World Athletics, Mike Rowbottom suggested that the winner was "likely to be Kenyan, Ethiopian or Bahraini", and he concurred that Geremew and Wasihun were the two "clear favourites".


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's marathon, Preview
Both the high temperatures, and the tactical nature of World Championship races, meant that it was not expected that any records would be set. Abel Kirui held the World Championship record of 2:06:54 achieved in 2009, while Eliud Kipchoge held the overall men's world record of 2:01:39, set during the 2018 Berlin Marathon.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's marathon, Summary
The race was officially scheduled to start at 23:59 local time (UTC+3) on 5 October 2019; temperatures had cooled since the women's marathon, at 29.1 °C (84.4 °F) and 48.6 per cent humidity. At the start of the race, Derlys Ayala of Paraguay broke away from the front of the field and established a 150 metre-lead over the other runners by the end of the first kilometre.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's marathon, Summary
Behind Ayala, who had run the Buenos Aires Marathon twelve days earlier and was not considered a genuine contender in the race, a pack consisting of Lelisa Desisa, Mosinet Geremew, Geoffrey Kirui, Amos Kipruto, Stephen Mokoka and Zersenay Tadese formed. David Monti of LetsRun.com described them as a "pack of six serious contenders". Ayala held a 62-second lead at the 15-kilometre (9.3 mi) point of the race, but 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) later, the margin had been reduced to six seconds. By halfway through the race, Ayala had been caught, and he withdrew from the race soon after. Over the next 8 kilometres (5.0 mi), Tadese led most of the race. He and Mokoka broke away from the rest a few times, but could not maintain the advantage, and were caught each time. After the race, Desisa said "I controlled everybody and I saved my power."


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's marathon, Summary
The leading group of six completed the first 30 kilometres (19 mi) of the race in 1:33:13, but started to break apart over the next 10 kilometres (6.2 mi). Kirui was the first to drop away, followed by Tadese. In contrast, Callum Hawkins, who had been in ninth place after 30 km, closed the gap on the leaders to around 14 seconds by the 37 kilometres (23 mi) point.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's marathon, Summary
Geremew said that he started to develop plantar pain about one kilometre (0.62 mi) later and slowed the pace a little, which allowed Hawkins to catch the pack just prior to the 40-kilometre (25 mi) point, when he briefly led the race. The pace increased as they approached the end of the race; the 41st kilometre was completed in 2:59. When there was one kilometre left, Desisa increased the pace again, which Hawkins could not match, and the Scottish runner fell back. After the race, he suggested that: "Maybe I just gave too much in the middle stages.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's marathon, Summary
But I couldn't do any more." Kipruto was also unable to keep up with the fast finish, and when Desisa accelerated to a sprint for the final 150 metres (490 ft), he also broke clear of Geremew to claim the gold medal. He won the race in a time of 2:10:40, four seconds ahead of Geremew. Kipruto held onto third place in 2:10:51, six seconds in front of Hawkins.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's marathon, Results
The final was started on 5 October at 23:59. The results were as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 28 September to 1 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault, Summary
The field contained a who's who of contemporary pole vaulters, save 2015 champion Shawnacy Barber. World record holder Renaud Lavillenie and 2011 champion Paweł Wojciechowski didn't make the final. In the final, 2013 champion Raphael Holzdeppe and Olympic champion Thiago Braz bowed out, unable to clear 5.80m. That height selected the medalists and it was the same three who had cleared 6 metres earlier in the season, all three perfect to that point.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault, Summary
At 5.87m, all three missed their first attempt. Armand Duplantis cleared it on his second attempt, matched by Piotr Lisek, but defending champion Sam Kendricks missed again, not only taking him out of the lead, but leaving him only one more attempt to be allowed to continue. He made an adjustment to the placement of his standards then made it for new life. At 5.92m, Duplantis and Lisek missed their first attempts, Kendricks made his. Advantage Kendricks. Duplantis missed his next attempt, then Lisek decided to go for the win and saved his two remaining attempts for the next height 5.97 m (19 ft 7 in). Now the pressure was on Duplantis. He made his attempt, putting him into silver medal position.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault, Summary
At 5.97m, none of the three could get over on their first two attempts. Lisek was eliminated and had to settle for bronze. Again under pressure, Duplantis and Kendricks both made their final attempt. The bar moved to 6.02m with Kendricks holding the lead. Neither were able to make their first two attempts, when Duplantis failed a third time, Kendricks celebrated the successful defense of his title.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault, Summary
At the end of the competition, the medallists celebrated together on the pole vault mat. Their act of competitor camaraderie earned them a place on the shortlist for the International Fair Play Award.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault, Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 5.71 m.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault, Results, Qualification
Qualification: 5.75 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 3 to 5 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's shot put, Summary
It took 20.90 to automatically qualify. Exactly 12 men made that distance, eight of them on their first attempt. There were no further place qualifiers to the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's shot put, Summary
This was the cap to a build up of several strong athletes. Four members of the 74 foot club were here, with Darlan Romani joining in 2019 and Ryan Crouser improving his personal best to #6 all time. Behind them were four more men over 22 metres in the last two seasons.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's shot put, Summary
With 22 metres the standard, the first throw of the competition was 22.36m by Crouser. Three throws later, Romani moved into second with a 21.61m. As the last thrower throughout the competition, Tomas Walsh launched a new Oceana continental record 22.90 m (75 ft 1+1⁄2 in). It was the longest throw in 29 years, making him the #4 thrower in history. On his second throw, Romani threw 22.53m, just short of 74 feet, which put him into second place. Crouser duplicated his first throw in the third. It took 21.18m just to get three more throws.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's shot put, Summary
In the fourth round, Joe Kovacs threw 21.95m to move into fourth, then Crouser threw 22.71m to move into second place. In the fifth round, Walsh landed his second best throw, 22.56m.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's shot put, Summary
In the final round, Kovacs stepped into the ring and tossed it 22.91 m (75 ft 1+3⁄4 in), equalling Alessandro Andrei for the #3 thrower in history. More importantly, he took the lead. A couple of throws later, Crouser stepped in to throw his best 22.90 m (75 ft 1+1⁄2 in) to tie Walsh. Walsh fouled again. With his 22.71m second best throw, compared to 22.56m for Walsh, Crouser took second. In the space of 5 minutes, Walsh went from the #4 thrower in history, to third place in the competition. Romani's best throw of 22.53m would have been good enough to win the gold medal in every World and Olympic shot put competition prior to this championship, however it was not enough to secure even the bronze here as he finished in 4th place.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's shot put, Summary
This has been called the greatest shot put competition in history.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's shot put, Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.70 m.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's shot put, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's shot put, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 20.90 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 27 to 29 September 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump, Summary
On the second jump of the competition, Will Claye took the lead with a 17.61m. Two jumpers later, Cristian Nápoles went 17.36m, then Pedro Pablo Pichardo, now jumping for Portugal, jumped 17.49m. That held through the round. In the second round, Claye improved to 17.72m and Nápoles improved to 17.38m before Hugues Fabrice Zango bounded into contention with a 17.46m African record. After two rounds, defending everything Christian Taylor had not landed a legal jump. Faced with do or die, Taylor made 17.42m to be allowed to continue in the competition.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump, Summary
After Claye improved to 17.74m and Pichardo improved to 17.62m, Taylor's fourth attempt of 17.86m put him into the lead. In the fifth round, Zango improved the African record to 17.56m but still wasn't on the podium, while Taylor produced the capper 17.92 m (58 ft 9+1⁄2 in). The only one to improve in the final round was Zango, his third African record of the competition was yet another 10cm improvement to 17.66 to snatch the bronze medal.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump, Summary
Since 2011 the triple jump story remains virtually the same, Taylor in first, his former University of Florida teammate, Claye slightly behind.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump, Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 16.95 m.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 17.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay
The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 28 to 29 September 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
This was the first time for this event in the World Championships. In the first heat, Tyrell Richard and Nathon Allen handed off virtually even for the United States and Jamaica respectively. Jessica Beard ran a fast first turn to close the door on Janieve Russell to give USA the lead at the break. Beard's 51.2 leg put a 5 metre gap on Russell before she handed off to Jasmine Blocker who let the lead shrink to GBR's Emily Diamond before opening up the gap again on the home stretch, her leg in 51.27.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
Behind them, Salwa Eid Naser ran Bahrain from well off the pace back into contention. Holding a 5 metre lead, Obi Igbokwe ran strong as Martyn Rooney for GBR, Javon Francis for Jamaica and Abubaker Abbas for Bahrain all closed the gap on the home stretch. USA crossed the finish line first in 3:12.42, barely ahead of the blanket finish of Jamaica 3:12.73, Bahrain 3:12.74 and GBR 3:12.80, the four fastest times in the short history of this event, including USA's world record, in a qualifying heat. The previous world record holding and world leading team from Poland won the second heat.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
In the final, USA brought in four fresh athletes. From the gun, Wilbert London took the early lead with Muhammed Anas putting India into second position, making up the stagger on Musa Isah  from Bahrain. As London came in to hand off, he ran up and almost passed Allyson Felix still in the lead. Running their second man, Poland's Rafał Omelko made up the gap and passed Felix before the break. As Omelko ran away, Felix still held a two metre gap over Jamaica's Roneisha McGregor. Poland's women were also fresh.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
Iga Baumgart-Witan took the baton with a 50 metre lead for Poland with USA's Courtney Okolo ahead of Jamaica's fresh legs Tiffany James in hot pursuit. On the final turn of the leg, Okolo's 49.9 separated from James as Poland's lead shrunk slightly while again Eid Naser was running Bahrain back into contention. Justyna Święty-Ersetic took the baton in the lead, but with a 10 metre gap on Jamaica, Michael Cherry smelled blood. It took him 150 metres to pass Święty-Ersetic, USA was clear of the field and on to victory.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
Behind them Abbas ran Bahrain around Rooney in the first turn, chasing Francis. Święty-Ersetic was able to hold the other teams off until the home stretch but then Jamaica, Bahrain and at the line GBR passed her with Abbas diving in vain at the finish to try to catch Francis for silver before crashing to the track.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
In the end, the first five teams beat the world record from the previous evening. USA's 3:09.34 took over three seconds off their own world record. Bahrain and Great Britain set continental records, while Jamaica, Poland and Belgium set national records. Coming off of childbirth merely 10 months earlier, Felix's 50.4 leg was critical to USA's win. Already the World Championship medal leader, Felix's 12th gold medal surpassed Usain Bolt as the all time gold medal winner. Later in the meet, Felix added an additional gold running the preliminary round of the 4x400 relay, her 13th.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
The first three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualify for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres
The women's 10,000 metres at the World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 28 September 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres, Summary
At the beginning, none of the favorites wanted to lead the race, so leading duties fell on Alina Reh to keep the pace honest, 9:29.69 for the 3000 metres. A lap later, #3 Kenyan Rosemary Wanjiru accelerated. The field strung out. Her teammates Hellen Obiri and Agnes Tirop followed. If it was a sacrificial tactic, the Ethiopian team took the bait. Letesenbet Gidey, Netsanet Gudeta and Senbere Teferi came forward in chase of the breakaway.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres, Summary
The only other athlete to join the lead group was Sifan Hassan, who took a little more than a lap to bridge the gap from the back of the pack. The Kenyan team shared the leading duties, pushing the pace down to 15:32:70. Gudeta couldn't keep up with the fast pace, eventually dropping out. The Kenyan efforts kept driving the train until 4 laps to go when World leader Gidey quickly accelerated to the lead. The Kenyans struggled to keep up, again late to bridge the gap, Hassan went around the Kenyan team to catch Gidey just before the bell. Running around lapped runners, Hassan extended the gap to win by 3.5 seconds in 30:17.62. Tirop held on for bronze.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres, Summary
Hassan was running only her second 10,000 ever; her first being her qualifying run at Stanford. Her only other experience at the distance was a 34:28 road 10K from 2012. The first 5 were the fastest 5 times of the season. Excepting Teferi, it was personal bests for the first 8 and 11 total in the race. 42 year old Sinead Diver's personal best turned out to be the W40 Masters World Record.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres, Summary
After setting the world record in the Mile, the 1500 was the primary target for Hassan. A week later, she completed the double a week later. Hassan had previously attempted doubles at the Olympics and previous two World Championships, even picking up a bronze medal in the 5000 in 2017. With a lack of success at 800 metres and the 5000 scheduled on same nights as the 1500, the odd 10,000/1500 double has never previously been accomplished at this level. Only Paavo Nurmi has gold medals in both events and his were in different Olympiads.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 28 to 29 September 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres, Summary
This was the first major championships for Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce after giving birth and the maternity leave in 2017. Here, against the Olympic Champion Elaine Thompson and the defending champion Tori Bowie, Fraser-Pryce dominated the heats and the semi-finals. In the final, she took the lead on the first step and pulled away to a dominating victory in a world-leading time of 10.71. While Marie-Josée Ta Lou was the next fastest out of the blocks, Dina Asher-Smith closed quickly to overtake Ta Lou for a clear silver medal, leaving the defending silver medalist with the bronze.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres, Summary
For 32-year-old Fraser-Pryce, it was only .01 off of her personal best and Marion Jones' Championship record, and one of the fastest times in history. Asher-Smith's 10.83 was the British national record.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres, Results, Heats
The first 3 in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres, Results, Semi-finals
The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualify for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 5 to 6 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Summary
This event lost its defending champion when Sally Pearson retired from the sport two months earlier. The Olympic champion Brianna McNeal disappeared quickly after twitching in her blocks before the gun and being disqualified for a false start in her heat.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Summary
Even after losing the =#4 and #6 runners in history, the final still sported the world record holder, Kendra Harrison, the season's world leader Danielle Williams with the #7 time in history set a little over two months earlier and the #16 runner in history Janeek Brown from winning the NCAA Championships 4 months earlier, the last two among three Jamaicans who made it to the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Summary
At the gun of the final, Harrison and Williams got out together with the lead. In lane 9, Megan Tapper got one of the worst starts imaginable to a world championship final, stuttering to the first hurdle and hitting it. By the second hurdle, Olympic silver medalist Nia Ali joined Harrison and Williams in the lead. Over the next two hurdles, Ali and Williams mirrored each other as Harrison lost a few inches. As they cleared the sixth hurdle, Williams began losing ground, as Ali pressed a definite advantage which she continued to expand over the remaining hurdles. Harrison also went past Williams as Tobi Amusan was gaining from behind. Ali crossed the finish line with more than a metre over Harrison. Harrison held off Amusan to get bronze.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Summary
Ali's 12.34 winning time took a tenth of a second off her personal best, moving her from =#26 of all time to =#9 with Sharika Nelvis. In fifth place, Andrea Vargas improved her own Costa Rican national record for the fourth time in the 2019 season.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
The first four in each heat (Q) and the next four fastest (q) qualified for the semi-final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Semi-finals
The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 2 to 5 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Summary
Like the men, championship level women's 1500s also typically turn into strategic, sit and kick affairs. In 2017, strategic worked for Faith Kipyegon to leave the world record holder Genzebe Dibaba behind. Sifan Hassan was also left behind by that tactic. In 2019, she set the world record in the mile and had already won the 10,000 metres at these championships.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Summary
The final started inauspiciously enough, Gabriela DeBues-Stafford eventually found herself in the lead, Hassan dropped to the back of the pack. After 200 metres, Hassan moved out to lane 2 and moved forward around everyone into the lead. Kipyegon and Gudaf Tsegay moved in behind her to watch. Even with the slow start the first lap was 1:03.51. None of the chasing runners looked relaxed, most were working hard to stay up. Laura Muir and Jenny Simpson moved up toward the front. The second lap was 1:02.44.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Summary
During the third lap, Muir positioned herself for the final lap, getting onto Kipyegon's shoulder coming onto the home stretch, then up to Hassan's just before the bell at 2:52.59. Muir stayed in position through the turn, Kipyegon and Tsegay behind her a gap forming behind. Hassan ran the third lap in 1:01.46, then looked back at Muir and took off sprinting. A big gap formed quickly, Kipyegon going around Muir in chase.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Summary
Hassan kept looking back like a hunted animal being chased, but the gap continued to grow as did Kipyegon's separation from the next group of four;  Muir, Tsegay, Shelby Houlihan with DeBues-Stafford trying to hold on. As Kipyegon saw hope was lost, she began to slow back toward the chasers. Houlihan moved to lane 2 to try to sprint past Tsegay, instead Tsegay pulled away gaining on Kipyegon. Hassan won by close to 15 metres. Kipyegon glided across the line for silver barely ahead of a rapidly closing Tsegay.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Summary
Hassan's time of 3:51.95, places her as the #6 runner in history behind Dibaba and two infamous races in China in the 1990s. Well beaten, Kipyegon, Tsegay and Houlihan moved to #11, #13 and #15 on that list respectively. Even sixth place DeBues-Stafford ranks as #21. Hassan set the European record that had been held by Soviet Tatyana Kazankina for 39 years, Houlihan the North American record, Kipyegon the Kenyan record and DeBues-Stafford the Canadian record.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), is as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
The first six in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Semi-finals
The first 5 in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk
The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 29 September 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 30 September to 2 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres, Summary
The season world No. 1 and previous bronze medalist Shaunae Miller-Uibo concentrated on the 400 metres and did not enter. The defending champion and world No. 13 Dafne Schippers and previous silver medalist and world No. 9 Marie-Josée Ta Lou opted not to start in the heats. Olympic champion and world No. 2 Elaine Thompson didn't start in the semi-finals. 2013 bronze medallist and world No. 3 Blessing Okagbare was disqualified in the heats due to a lane infringement. 2013 champion and world No. 7 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce focused on 100m. The only athlete in the field with a personal best below 22 seconds was Dina Asher-Smith, making her the overwhelming favorite going into the Championships.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres, Summary
In the first steps of the final, Asher-Smith took a clear lead, making up the stagger on Dezerea Bryant to her outside just after halfway through the turn. As the stagger resolved coming onto the straight, it revealed Bryant was in second place, slightly ahead of Brittany Brown and Mujinga Kambundji, meaning Asher-Smith had a huge lead. Down the straight, the only athlete looking like she was making any progress cutting down the gap was Brown. Asher-Smith didn't let up, crossing the finish line with a clear win by 3 metres, Brown also clearly ahead by another 3 metres over Kambundji.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres, Summary
Asher-Smith's 21.88 was a new British national record. Kambundji won the first sprint medal for Switzerland at a global outdoor championship. The closest was Marcel Schelbert who also took a bronze in the 400 hurdles in 1999.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres, Summary
In the semi-finals, winner Asher-Smith returned to the track to assist an injured rival, Antonique Strachan, a gesture which earned her a nomination for the International Fair Play Award.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats
The first three in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) qualify for the semifinal.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s, Heat 5: +0.8 m/s, Heat 6: -0.1 m/s


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semi-finals
The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semi-finals
Wind:Heat 1: +0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: +0.5 m/s


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 27 to 30 September 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Summary
World record holder Beatrice Chepkoech wasted no time in the final, stepping off to the lead from the gun and quickly establishing an expanding gap, 15 metres by the first barrier, 20 in the first lap and well under her world record pace. A seven woman peloton formed running at a more reasonable pace, with Hyvin Kiyeng, Emma Coburn, Peruth Chemutai and Winfred Yavi on the front. One barrier before the next to last water jump, the defending champion Coburn took it smoother than Kiyeng and the others, establishing a break. By this point Chepkoech had 50 metres over Coburn. While Chepkoech noticeably slowed, her lead was far too great to overcome, winning by five seconds over Coburn. Fresh off her 2000 metres steeplechase world record a month earlier, Gesa Felicitas Krause picked up the bronze.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Summary
Chepkoech's 8:57.84 was a championship record. Coburn improved her standing as #8 of all time, Krause set her German national record and moved to #9 on the list. Yavi moved up to #11. Anna Emilie Møller set her Danish national record in the heats and improved upon it in the final. And Luiza Gega set her Albanian national record.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 4 to 5 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Summary
Already the world leader from their qualifying heat, Jamaica added a fresh Shericka Jackson to anchor. The British team brought in their star Dina Asher-Smith to run the second leg (completing an Asha, Asher-Smith, Ashleigh alliterative combination). Uncharacteristically, USA ran the same four runners.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Summary
On the first leg of the final, Natalliah Whyte got Jamaica into the lead passing to their star Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce first. Against Asher-Smith, two lanes to her outside and USA's Teahna Daniels three lanes out, Fraser-Pryce appeared to gain slightly against the stagger. Already passed one lane outside of Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago's Kelly-Ann Baptiste was left far behind, more indicative of the damage Fraser-Pryce inflicted on the competition. She handed off efficiently to Jonielle Smith.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Summary
Through the turn, Jamaica had the lead, USA's Morolake Akinosun and GBR's Ashleigh Nelson battling for second with Mujinga Kambundji bringing the Swiss team into contention, chased by China. Jamaica's pass to Jackson had a slight hesitation but they left the zone with a 3 metre lead. GBR entered the final zone side by side with USA. GBR's stick, passing to Daryll Neita, never stopped moving. Comparatively, USA ran up onto Kiara Parker. In all GBR gained a metre and a half coming out of the zone with Switzerland's pass to Salomé Kora keeping pace. Jackson held Jamaica's lead across the finish line with Neita running a strong leg to keep the pressure on. Parker was unable to make any gain, but USA held off a fast closing Switzerland for bronze.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Summary
China's final pass from Kong Lingwei to Ge Manqi was disastrous. While being competitive for a bronze medal in the World Championships, they were unable to complete the pass within the 30 metre zone. Two metres after the zone, Ge stopped with both athletes holding the baton. Ge released it and both athletes ran back into the zone, hesitated in the middle for a moment, then on to just outside the beginning of the (previous rules) zone. Kong then tried to step forward to pass the baton, but she passed Ge standing in a statuesque position to receive the baton. Ge refused to take it. Kong then stepped behind Ge, handed her the baton and Ge took off running some 20 seconds after Jackson had crossed the finish line. Because the baton pass did not adhere to the rules, China was disqualified.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Summary
Jamaica's winning time 41.44 was the eighth fastest women's 4x100 of all time. 4 of the 7 faster races also were Jamaican teams with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce as a member.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
The first three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 5 to 6 October 2019. In the final the Jamaican team were initially disqualified, but were reinstated as the bronze medallists upon appeal.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
Most events during the year do not see this level of talent. These are the all star teams of each of these countries. Even the IAAF World Relays don't always assemble the very best. So in heat 1, Jamaica ran the world leading time. In heat 2, USA bettered it setting up a good final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
Like the mixed relay, USA was able to assemble a new team of four fresh athletes. Phyllis Francis led off taking an early lead, making up the 3-turn stagger distance and passing both teams, Canada and Ukraine to her outside early into the final turn. Poland's lone fresh athlete Iga Baumgart-Witan and Jamaica's Anastasia Le-Roy held relatively close to the stagger, passing just three step and five steps behind. GBR's Zoey Clark and Belgium's Hanne Claes kept them in the mix after one leg. Second leg for USA was their young hurdling star Sydney McLaughlin.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
She was so far ahead at the break, there was no need for strategic maneuvering, and she ran a perfect tangent from lane 7 to the beginning of the far turn taking a 5 metre lead on Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz with Britain's Jodie Williams close behind. McLaughlin built up a 9 metre lead by her handoff to the hurdle world record holder Dalilah Muhammad, who true to form from her hurdle race, took off hard, expanding the gap to 15 metres through the first turn.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
It was almost 20 metres over Poland's Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik by the handoff, which behind her, Jamaica's Stephenie Ann McPherson was able to pull back lost ground against Britain's fresh Emily Diamond. On anchor USA put 400 meter 4th place Wadeline Jonathas, Jamaica had their rested bronze medalist Shericka Jackson while Poland also had their best finalist, 7th place Justyna Święty-Ersetic, but with that lead, the battle was for silver. Tightening the gap through the turn, Jackson ran by GBR's Laviai Nielsen and Święty-Ersetic on the backstretch.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
With Jonathas long gone over 20 metres ahead, Święty-Ersetic stayed on Jackson's shoulder through the final turn then pulled into lane 2 for running room. She couldn't sprint by Jackson, but Święty-Ersetic slowly narrowed the gap. Just before Jonathas crossed the finish line, Święty-Ersetic edged back ahead. Unable to respond, Jackson gave up the fight and eased across the finish line with bronze 3 metres behind.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Summary
Aided by legs of 49.51 by Francis, 49.78 by McLaughlin, 49.43 by Muhammad and 50.20 by Jonathas, USA ran the #18 time in history. Allyson Felix ran a 49.8 leg in the preliminary round and received a gold medal. It added to her record totals, now of 13 gold and 18 total medals at the World Championships.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Records
The following records were matched or set at the competition:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Results, Heats
The first three in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 30 September to 3 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres, Summary
The 2019 season saw only four women break 50 seconds. World leader Shaunae Miller-Uibo did it three times. Salwa Eid Naser broke it once, coming back against a challenge from Aminatou Seyni. Naser was consistently under 51, five times during the 2019 IAAF Diamond League season. Seyni was not allowed to compete in the 400 metres because of the new IAAF testosterone rule. Shericka Jackson was the fourth to break 50 at the Jamaican championships.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres, Summary
Those athletes were the ones to watch in the final. With multi-toned hair, the tall Miller-Uibo started like she meant business, gaining on the stagger against defending champion Phyllis Francis to her outside and by the backstretch, Francis had already made up the stagger on Justyna Święty-Ersetic to her outside. In the center of the track, Naser had also already made up the stagger on Wadeline Jonathas to her outside. Miller-Uibo and Naser hit the 200 meter split marks virtually even. Through the final turn, Naser was moving faster, opening up 4 metres by the home straight.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres, Summary
The first time Miller-Uibo was able to see Naser, she was already behind. That final straight is usually Miller-Uibo's territory. She began stretching out her long strides to reel Naser in. Miller-Uibo steadily gained on Naser, pulling in three metres, but it wasn't enough. Miller-Uibo set a new personal best, 48.37, which became the #6 400 metre race of all time. Naser beat her with 48.14, the #3 400 of all time. Jackson held off the American duo of Jonathas and Francis, all personal bests under 50 seconds. Like all previous top 10 women's races, there were two close competitors battling to the line.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres, Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats
The first three in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Semi-finals
The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 1 to 4 October 2019.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Summary
Throughout the 2019 season two names topped the 400 hurdles list. The same two topped the semi-final round. Dalilah Muhammad and Sydney McLaughlin, but which one would be the favorite? McLaughlin had more superior times and had beaten Muhammad 2 to 1. The 1, Muhammad had to set the world record to beat McLaughlin and win the USA Championships on a rain soaked track in Des Moines. And McLaughlin was still improving. She ran those fast times while still a teenager, turning 20 late in the season.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Summary
In the final, Muhammad did what she had to do, she went out hard. She was first over the first hurdle and continued to pull ahead, making up the stagger on Sage Watson to her outside before the end of the turn. But McLaughlin was not giving up too much ground, two lanes to the inside, passing Rushell Clayton between them just after entering the backstretch. Before the end of the backstretch, Muhammad had made up another stagger on two time World Champion Zuzana Hejnová.


2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Summary
Through the final turn, both were well in front, Muhammad taking the hurdles about a full stride ahead of McLaughlin. When they hit the home straight, Muhammad had about a 3 metre lead. That gap stayed consistent over the final two barriers, but coming off the final hurdle, McLaughlin made up a meter in the first three steps and she was coming on fast. The gap was closing as the finish line neared. Both athletes leaned for the line with Muhammad holding on for a half metre victory. Clayton finished a second and a half back to take bronze.